Opera in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Opera in America write by John Dizikes. This book was released on 1995. Opera in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text tells how opera, steeped in European aristocratic tradition, was transplanted into the democratic cultural enviroment of America. It includes vignettes of productions, personalities, audiences and theatres throughout the country from 1735 to the present day.
American Opera
American Opera - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Opera write by Elise Kuhl Kirk. This book was released on 2001. American Opera available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A treasure trove of information, "American Opera" sketches musical traits and provides plot summaries, descriptions of sets and stagings, and biographical details on performers, composers, and librettists for more than 100 American operas. 86 photos.
Mad Scenes and Exit Arias
Mad Scenes and Exit Arias - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mad Scenes and Exit Arias write by Heidi Waleson. This book was released on 2018-10-02. Mad Scenes and Exit Arias available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt—and what it means for the future of the arts In October 2013, the arts world was rocked by the news that the New York City Opera—“the people’s opera”—had finally succumbed to financial hardship after 70 years in operation. The company had been a fixture on the national opera scene—as the populist antithesis of the grand Metropolitan Opera, a nurturing home for young American talent, and a place where new, lively ideas shook up a venerable art form. But NYCO’s demise represented more than the loss of a cherished organization: it was a harbinger of massive upheaval in the performing arts—and a warning about how cultural institutions would need to change in order to survive. Drawing on extensive research and reporting, Heidi Waleson, one of the foremost American opera critics, recounts the history of this scrappy company and reveals how, from the beginning, it precariously balanced an ambitious artistic program on fragile financial supports. Waleson also looks forward and considers some better-managed, more visionary opera companies that have taken City Opera’s lessons to heart. Above all, Mad Scenes and Exit Arias is a story of money, ego, changes in institutional identity, competing forces of populism and elitism, and the ongoing debate about the role of the arts in society. It serves as a detailed case study not only for an American arts organization, but also for the sustainability and management of nonprofit organizations across the country.
Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution
Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution write by Pierpaolo Polzonetti. This book was released on 2011-03-17. Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Polzonetti reveals how revolutionary America inspired eighteenth-century European audiences, and how it can still inspire and entertain us.
Blackness in Opera
Blackness in Opera - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blackness in Opera write by Naomi Andre. This book was released on 2012-03-01. Blackness in Opera available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Blackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A diverse cross-section of scholars places well-known operas (Porgy and Bess, Aida, Treemonisha) alongside lesser-known works such as Frederick Delius's Koanga, William Grant Still's Blue Steel, and Clarence Cameron White's Ouanga! to reveal a new historical context for re-imagining race and blackness in opera. The volume brings a wide-ranging, theoretically informed, interdisciplinary approach to questions about how blackness has been represented in these operas, issues surrounding characterization of blacks, interpretation of racialized roles by blacks and whites, controversies over race in the theatre and the use of blackface, and extensions of blackness along the spectrum from grand opera to musical theatre and film. In addition to essays by scholars, the book also features reflections by renowned American tenor George Shirley. Contributors are Naomi André, Melinda Boyd, Gwynne Kuhner Brown, Karen M. Bryan, Melissa J. de Graaf, Christopher R. Gauthier, Jennifer McFarlane-Harris, Gayle Murchison, Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Eric Saylor, Sarah Schmalenberger, Ann Sears, George Shirley, and Jonathan O. Wipplinger.
